File:Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission patch (transparent).png

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English: The Swift mission patch depicts both the spacecraft and the bird for which it was named. The observatory is named after a small, nimble bird that can grab up insects as it flies through the sky. Similarly, the observatory can swiftly turn and point its instruments to catch a gamma-ray burst "on the fly" to study both the burst and its afterglow. This afterglow phenomenon follows the initial gamma-ray flash in most bursts and it can linger in X-ray light, visible light and radio waves for hours or weeks, providing great detail for observations.
Date circa 2004
date QS:P,+2004-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://swift.sonoma.edu/resources/multimedia/images/ (TIFF image source); see also http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=24249
Author NASA E/PO, Sonoma State University/Aurore Simonnet
This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: KSC-04PD-2332.

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